(In Thos003 head …Need Name Tags on Table to be able to follow.. Okay FOCUS…)

Sara – Content needs more attention not just on how, but who. Who is managing it? Bring together all the individuals that are publishing content. Consistent message. Work with the various departments of the organization.

Elise – When I begin, I start with what mediums are appropriate. Ask, “How does content differ and frequency based on network?” Pay attention to the tone of the social media as well.

Fionn- I want my content on Google. Whether on twitter, or blogs, I want it found on Google. I want to rank for Keywords. One of the enemies is corporation silos. Client story… Marketing fought with IT and with operations.

Cindy – Research is key. Where are people going to search for content. You don’t deliver information, readers find it. Where are people researching, reading. If you had an ideal list, a golden list, where are they going to go, where are they looking, where are they asking. Where is your prospect base communicating.

Elise- Lot of tools out there to conduct research. Social content ground swell. If you have demographic information then you can find out where they go. Flowtown current customer list. Connect with existing customers in their online communities.

Sara- Silos happen in research as well. How will research in social help you in other ways? Segment your audiences. Social listening is also a good way to find your audience.

( Thos003, note to self… Create an overall customer persona for each of your target markets. Create a message that speaks to them.)

Elise – Specific keywords that the consumer uses, and adapting to the way they speak. Jargon that is industry related works for an industry audience, but it may not work for your customer audience.

Fionn – Social as a marketing campaign, there is audience. You don’t need focus groups. You don’t need secret shoppers. The information is there online. Getting long tail search is a great way to get audience. Find all the “how to… ”s and put together a spreadsheet then blog it.

Mike- TV is related to reviews and shows while television is not really in their vernacular.

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Content Audit?

[Content Audit is looking at all the existing content and digital assets, on the web and off, that a client already has.]

Sara – Get a sense of your landscape ahead of time so that it can help you down the road.

Elise – Use already made content and re-purpose it. Make a slide show. Make a podcast. Lot of great ways to re-purpose it.

Mike – Do you feel like a librarian at times?

Sara – Yes.. Some of my co-workers didn’t think they would see me again during my last content audit.

( Thos003 head… Nope haven’t seen her since she stepped off into that black and green character flowing abyss… the content audit matrix is real!)

Cindy – When your communication team gets a hold of it, when you start building on the good content you find, you can get some good marketing, just by sharing. Take what’s good from you audit and breath new life into it!

Fionn- We help clients to control the top 10 for their name. Did you ever do any TV ads? Real cool ads. TV ads all on one micro site and they get awesome traffic on it. There is no content, text, on that site at all. We built some good links for it and they get a ton of traffic from it.

Cindy – Webinar with CEOs. We got five pieces of coverage from it.

Sara – When you do an audit you can see relationships between content, marry them and get new content. Show the relations and link back to the old content.

Content Plan?

Cindy – Some companies are getting to a stage where their main site is their blog and their traditional site becomes a … “if you want to learn more click here”

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Editorial Calender–

Elise – I kinda play a Community manager role. The editorial calendar is shared through out the entire staff. If they have something related that they are excited about then they can add to that when the time is right. But I get the final say and they have to contact me for approval.

(Serious note Thos003 to self… Make sure your editorial calendar is internal. Don’t let your competitors scoop you on it… if you have that great of information… probably not applicable topest control.)

Sara – If you are an agency you must have people on the day to day operations. You are not entrenched in the company. Accept that you are an outsider. You will need an insiders voice. Social media is more difficult. You need more updates.

Cindy – Social media with out content is just chatter. Social media all content is just broadcasting. Editorial calendar, every company should be planning. Does your content resonate? Are you on track with the company? What is your goal? Awareness, thought leadership, brand sales,… At a buyer level it’s all educational.

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How do you measure success?

Elise – Return on objective. What was your objective? Awareness, sharing a voice, finding out info from audience, or pure link building? Return on objective.

Fionn – Nothing matters if its not driving sells. How many RTs, Followers, …. Customer satisfaction, customer retention, up sales, resells, …it all comes back to the bottom line. In social medial, ROI isn’t there for my clients. My social media is for personal brand.

Sara – Web analytics can show you how social is driving traffic, but it’s hard to tell what actually converts customers.

( Flash back from earlier session with Matt – “Let’s draw a line in the sand so from here on out this is your ROI.”)

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Who do you need to have as best friends within your organization?

Cindy – Everybody has to be your best friends. Janitor, CEO. Who is going to be my content providers?

Sara – Get people talking together and pull/pool the information together.

Question from audience: Reputation management, which social media platforms do you recommend for reputation management?

Fionn – Take over top ten with mircosites. Facebook, Youtube, linkedin. You need 20 digital assets to take over the top 10.

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Question from Audience…

I’ve got the Social Media content rolling… I’ve got the branding principles down, messaging down, I know exactly what to post. But then audience doesn’t respond. When do you step back and say we need a new strategy. Or when do you give the audience the opportunity to decided?

Sara – If you have not been listening to the audience along the way then you are not ready to publish.

Cindy – Client side, look at the content and set expectations. Agencies come in handy by saying this is dated or too product focused.

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Audience…How long do you give them to set up content strategy… listen, and plan?